Bob Dylan.

The article presents a profile of the songwriter Bob Dylan. He was a powerful singer and a great musical actor, with many characters in his voice. There was a hardness, a toughness, in the way he approached his songs and the characters in them. That was a rebellion, in a certain way, against the purity of folk music. His vocal phrasing was special. He got these characters and images across in away that didn't feel stiff or forced. The songs Bob is writing now are as good as any songs he's ever written.